Do you prefer Madeleine or Violet?

[TurquoiseClouds]

Our baby girl, who's due in December, needs a name :)

Madeleine Violet or Violet Madeleine?

We love them both!

[NonFatTofuttiRiceDreamsicle]

Violet is lovely. Madeleine is too, but Violet edges it. I'm afraid that rightly or wrongly my first thought on hearing Madeleine is 'McCann' , so Violet would win anyway even if I didn't slightly prefer the sound of it.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Violet Madeleine.

[MistressMolecules]

Violet, much prettier.

[Sophronia]

Madeleine Violet

[CakeRattleandRoll]

Madeleine Violet

[TeshiB]

Violet Madeleine

[starkers1]

Violet by so so much!! Violet is beautiful, graceful and special. Madeleine sounds quite 80s and us very middle of the road.

[BratFarrarsPony]

am sorry but how is Violet those things? am I honestly the only person who when they see 'Violet' associates with the word 'violent'? it is just one letter difference!

[goldenrachita]

They're both nice. I prefer Violet because I think there are a lot of Maddies around. Also I've heard Madeleine pronounced in slightly different ways by different people, even in the course of the same conversation! eg. Made-eh-lin or Mad-eh-laine so you'd need to be sure that wouldn't bother you because I am sure it would happen a lot.

[MaisyPops]

I like both but prefer Violet, mainly because I dislike Maddie as a shortened version and nicknames are inevitable.

[cmxx]

Violet definitely! I really dont like Madeleine

I do think Madelyn/Madalyn is pretty though

[Loafingaround]

"brat" when I hear Violet I associate it with the beautiful flower, so don't even come close to hearing or associating It with violent as its just so far removed. You Could say the samE about so many names where I letter difference would be a different word?! However I will never be able to hear the name Madeleine without think of Mccann so even if I did like the name, I'd definitely not use it.

[BratFarrarsPony]

I know what you mean about Madeleine.
I think i might see words as pictures or something. And once I had seen that, I could no longer not see it, if u see what I mean.
However there is also the very brainy and inventive teenage Violet in 'A series of unfortunate events' which is a good association.